Summary of Question 2
The proposed amendment would bring the State Constitution into conformity with the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States by setting the minimum age for voting at eighteen.
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View Official Source (PDF)1972 - Norfolk County - Question 2Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below, which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 18, 1969, received 143 votes in the affirmative and 113 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held May 12, 1971, received 243 votes in the affirmative and 11 in the negative?
| View as: # | % | Norfolk County Results |
| City/Town | Ward | Pct | Blanks | Total Votes Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 209,766 |
47,028 |
36,236 | 291,490 | ||
| Avon |
1,591 |
417 |
268 |
2,276 |
||
| Bellingham |
3,990 |
876 |
626 |
5,492 |
||
| Braintree |
12,853 |
3,289 |
1,457 |
17,599 |
||
| Brookline |
18,105 |
3,112 |
8,751 |
29,968 |
||
| Canton |
6,389 |
1,428 |
773 |
8,590 |
||
| Cohasset |
3,005 |
599 |
289 |
3,893 |
||
| Dedham |
9,719 |
2,457 |
1,443 |
13,619 |
||
| Dover |
2,024 |
456 |
131 |
2,611 |
||
| Foxborough |
4,514 |
1,018 |
330 |
5,862 |
||
| Franklin |
4,957 |
1,160 |
814 |
6,931 |
||
| Holbrook |
3,579 |
831 |
494 |
4,904 |
||
| Medfield |
3,523 |
595 |
264 |
4,382 |
||
| Medway |
2,476 |
555 |
364 |
3,395 |
||
| Millis |
1,958 |
415 |
231 |
2,604 |
||
| Milton |
11,465 |
2,580 |
1,412 |
15,457 |
||
| Needham |
12,659 |
2,470 |
1,166 |
16,295 |
||
| Norfolk |
1,343 |
336 |
99 |
1,778 |
||
| Norwood |
11,117 |
2,517 |
1,477 |
15,111 |
||
| Plainville |
1,636 |
362 |
202 |
2,200 |
||
| Quincy |
28,646 |
8,187 |
5,510 |
42,343 |
||
| Randolph |
9,290 |
1,879 |
1,648 |
12,817 |
||
| Sharon |
5,335 |
821 |
403 |
6,559 |
||
| Stoughton |
6,068 |
1,461 |
1,769 |
9,298 |
||
| Walpole |
6,453 |
1,329 |
677 |
8,459 |
||
| Wellesley |
10,146 |
2,091 |
1,917 |
14,154 |
||
| Westwood |
5,340 |
1,325 |
373 |
7,038 |
||
| Weymouth |
18,828 |
4,386 |
2,129 |
25,343 |
||
| Wrentham |
1,857 |
436 |
219 |
2,512 |
||
| County Totals | 209,766 |
47,028 |
36,236 | 291,490 | ||